Stupid @!%$ driver

[TuffGuy]

Originally posted by: Gaard

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
Was he just bein' a dick for the fun of it?

Sounds an aweful lot like what a driver who has a distaste for tailgaters would do.

Problem was, I wasn't tailgating. I kept a constant speed (cruise control), he'd speed up, then slow down, I'd have to brake, he'd speed up egain, etc.

 

[dafatha00]

Originally posted by: dionx

Originally posted by: TuffGuy

Originally posted by: dionx
what are you doing going 72mph in the fast lane? you are in the way for ppl like me who feel comfortable going 90mph. its ppl like you who ruin it for me and others.

I was still blowing by people, and I'd adjust my cruise speed depending on what batches of traffic I came upon. I always go ~5mph faster than regular traffic. I don't want to attract unwanted attention to myself.

<-- Always ready for cops merging onto the freeway.

so then just go 80mph in the fast lane. no cop will pull u over for that. in the slower lanes, yes, but not the fast one. its not like you are really going 80 anyways. i think alot of cars have upto 10% error in the speedometer when going 70mph so that can translate to only 63mph. so going 80, you maybe going as slow as 72 anyways.

That's bullsh!t. I got pulled over TWICE for going 80 (It was actually 78 on one occasion) and I always drive in the fast lane. Once on the 405 and once on the I-5. I've also met people who were pulled over for going only 5 over the limit. Cops can pull over anyone that is exceeding the speed limit depending on how much of an ass they are.

 

[johneetrash]

i think it should be just a general rule that you shouldnt be going the same speed as the person to the right OR left of you. i mean, if you're going the same speed move to that freakin lane. being boxed in sucks.

i go 80 in the fast lane, and if i see someone goin faster than me behind me i just switch lanes and go back when it's clear.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: TuffGuy
So I'm heading back to LA from OC, minding my own business, going 72mph while on cruise control. Everything's going fine until I come behind this idiot in a Jeep Cherokee. The guy keeps going back and forth between 80mph and 60mph, in the fast lane, with NOBODY in front of him. On top of that, he keeps drifting left and right.

So I change lanes, and attempt to pass him while he's going 65mph. THE FVCKER CUTS ME OFF AND SLAMS ON HIS BRAKES!!! :| :| :|

Since the other lanes are filled and there's no passing lanes, I switch back to the fast lane. He gets back in front of me again, and proceeds to speed up and slow down again. A few more miles, and I get an opening and decide to pass him. We're going ~63mph. He cuts me off again! :| So I switch over two more lanes, and floor it. HE FLOORS IT. I finally managed to pass him at 90mph, with him still breathing down my neck. I hit the brakes a couple of times and he finally backed off.

WTF was his problem?!?! :Q

:| :| :|

Sounds like a DC metro transplant to me. 90% of the drivers here live to screw with people on the highways it seems.

 

[Gaard]

I used to drive at my own speed...whatever i felt like driving at. These days, however, I just drive at the speed of traffic. It's safer and less stressful...plus I'm never in a hurry to get anywhere. If I'm going along at the speed of traffic and I'm behind a van or SUV I usually pull out and pass them and pull right back in just because I don't like driving behind them. With my car I can't see well enough ahead to make me comfortable.

 

[nihil]

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez

Originally posted by: nihil
Man, the other day I was driving around in my new car. And some MORON woman driving an suv make a left turn onto the road i'm going on, she practically smashed right into me. She ended up stopping in the other lane, and stopping traffic but man, if she had hit me in that thing it surely would have totalled my car. She ended up being behind me so to be an ass I decided to drive way under the speed limit just so that she was held back there. Everytime I saw her try to pass me I would gun it and get far enough for her to think I was going to speed up, then I would just slow down and remain at the 25 mile an hour speed. It was funny, she was rather angry with me.

PICS?

Sorry about the large file size. And yeah, I know that the grill fell off the front right side, I have yet to find out where the hell it went.

It's louder and faster than it looks, the owner before me modded it up from 210hp (stock) up to 250hp. Should be adding more stuff soon. It's too bad I can't get a new PCM for it though.

It's funny until YOU run into someone in front of you because you are paying attention to pissing the lady off behind you.

Growing up is hard to do, I know. But please try when you are behind the wheel.

I don't usually act like that while driving, i'm repsonsible. But when you almost total my car because you're an idiot and you don't look before you make a turn in your tank. And then you proceed to tailgate me when i'm not going fast enough for your liking, that just gives me a right to treat you like the dumb coont that you are. I admit I shouldn't have reacted the way that I did, but honestly, I was scared shitless dude.

Edit: And uhhhh, there was no one in front of me. It was a one lane highway at a straightaway for ~2 miles or so.

 

[DanFungus]

what a moron

 

[CraigRT]

sooooo retarded... makes you wish he had gone off the road and crashed... i wouldn't stop.

 

[notfred]

Get a faster car. He'll be easier to pass next time

 

[TuffGuy]

Originally posted by: notfred
Get a faster car. He'll be easier to pass next time

HAHAHAHA... two more years... gotta finish school first.

or, i could get two BIG bottles of NOS!

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: SWirth86

LOL at your sarcasm or extreme ignorance

You know there's a reason that we younger folk have to pay higher insurance rates, right? It's because in general, 16-23 year olds are bad drivers.

bad drivers is a misnomer, I would say that they like to take unnecessary risks. One of my friends is not a very good driver, but he usually signals when changing lanes, doesn't weave in and out of traffic, but he has a tendency to speed on suburban boulevards and highways, often going 20mph over the limit when traffic is light. Now, another friend of mine is a much better driver but also takes a lot more risks, like weaving in and out of traffic on a semi-busy highway changing lanes without signalling, not leaving much space when passing, splashing pedestrians by flooring the car and edging up to the curb, etc.... Because he's a lot more skilled behind the wheel it hasn't caught up to him yet, but he'll get a scare one day and maybe cool off a bit.

So yeah, the problem isn't the skill, you're either good at driving or you're not, it's the risks that you take that determine your danger to yourself and others.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: johnjbruin
The way I look at it for 4 lane CA highways is:
Lane 4-Drive in there when you are exiting/merging or driving a POS that wont go more than 45mph
Lane 3-Since trucks use this and their limit is 55, so I guess thats what you are driving at.
Lane 2-Drive around 65-70 but definitely not below the limit. If you drive below the limit, go to the truck lane.
Lane 1-Unless you are driving above 75, Please dont block the Fast Lane

These conditions apply for moderate traffic only.

Most of the highways here are two or three lanes on each side, and the breakdown looks more like this:

Lane 3- Second fastest lane. Usually empty of cars except for merging cars and those that want to go faster than the middle lane but not as fast as the fast lane.
Lane 2- Slowest lane. Usually people who only want to go the limit because they want to save gas or they're not in a hurry or whatever. About 50% of cars go in this one lane including trucks.
Lane 1- The fast lane. Usually 70-90mph traffic here, and USUALLY slower cars move to the right when a faster car comes up from behind. There's always the occasional sloper, though.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: nihil
Man, the other day I was driving around in my new car. And some MORON woman driving an suv make a left turn onto the road i'm going on, she practically smashed right into me. She ended up stopping in the other lane, and stopping traffic but man, if she had hit me in that thing it surely would have totalled my car. She ended up being behind me so to be an ass I decided to drive way under the speed limit just so that she was held back there. Everytime I saw her try to pass me I would gun it and get far enough for her to think I was going to speed up, then I would just slow down and remain at the 25 mile an hour speed. It was funny, she was rather angry with me.

PICS?

Sorry about the large file size. And yeah, I know that the grill fell off the front right side, I have yet to find out where the hell it went.

It's louder and faster than it looks, the owner before me modded it up from 210hp (stock) up to 250hp. Should be adding more stuff soon. It's too bad I can't get a new PCM for it though.

Way to go, deal with a moron by acting like a moron

 

[HiveMaster]

He didn't want you to look in your rear view mirror and see his boyfriend's head bobbing up and down in front of the steering wheel.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Ultima

bad drivers is a misnomer, I would say that they like to take unnecessary risks. One of my friends is not a very good driver, but he usually signals when changing lanes, doesn't weave in and out of traffic, but he has a tendency to speed on suburban boulevards and highways, often going 20mph over the limit when traffic is light. Now, another friend of mine is a much better driver but also takes a lot more risks, like weaving in and out of traffic on a semi-busy highway changing lanes without signalling, not leaving much space when passing, splashing pedestrians by flooring the car and edging up to the curb, etc.... Because he's a lot more skilled behind the wheel it hasn't caught up to him yet, but he'll get a scare one day and maybe cool off a bit.

So yeah, the problem isn't the skill, you're either good at driving or you're not, it's the risks that you take that determine your danger to yourself and others.

A bad driver is someone who often does not follow the rules, and is unable to make educated judgments about traffic situations. Most 16-23 year-olds (heck most drivers) fall into this catergory.

I think the drivers license tests should be an order of magnitude harder, in conjuction with more mass transit. You can't make the test harder with out the mass transit in place though, or everyone will have to walk

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: TuffGuy

Originally posted by: Gaard

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
Was he just bein' a dick for the fun of it?

Sounds an aweful lot like what a driver who has a distaste for tailgaters would do.

Problem was, I wasn't tailgating. I kept a constant speed (cruise control), he'd speed up, then slow down, I'd have to brake, he'd speed up egain, etc.

cruise control is not meant for the fast lane, IMHO. in any case, that guy was an A$$ for driving like that. just imaging that same scenario over and over again in NYC traffic.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Ultima

bad drivers is a misnomer, I would say that they like to take unnecessary risks. One of my friends is not a very good driver, but he usually signals when changing lanes, doesn't weave in and out of traffic, but he has a tendency to speed on suburban boulevards and highways, often going 20mph over the limit when traffic is light. Now, another friend of mine is a much better driver but also takes a lot more risks, like weaving in and out of traffic on a semi-busy highway changing lanes without signalling, not leaving much space when passing, splashing pedestrians by flooring the car and edging up to the curb, etc.... Because he's a lot more skilled behind the wheel it hasn't caught up to him yet, but he'll get a scare one day and maybe cool off a bit.

So yeah, the problem isn't the skill, you're either good at driving or you're not, it's the risks that you take that determine your danger to yourself and others.

A bad driver is someone who often does not follow the rules, and is unable to make educated judgments about traffic situations. Most 16-23 year-olds (heck most drivers) fall into this catergory.

I think the drivers license tests should be an order of magnitude harder, in conjuction with more mass transit. You can't make the test harder with out the mass transit in place though, or everyone will have to walk

You read my post, but you didn't get my point. I'll say it another way: The friend of mine that is not a very good driver failed his test three times. This is the same guy that also doesn't take that many risks. The other friend passed his test the first time with flying colours. He is also the one that takes a lot of risks. Stronger licensing will help keep the bad drivers off the road, but it won't necessarily make the roads more safe.

 

[flot]

Are people missing the fact that this guy was intentionally screwing with you?

It seems pretty clear that he didn't like the way you were driving, and decided to "teach you a lesson."

Now, without commenting on whether the lesson was deserved, or on how it was delivered, the simple fact is - he wanted to piss you off, and obviously he did.

I did about the same thing once, to some complete jackass who was tailgating me so close that I couldn't see his windshield in my rear view- only the grill of his truck. I'm going like 60 in a 45, and he flys up behind me like he's going to run me off the road. This was not cool behavior - I'm just chilling on the way home, got my shades on, listening to some music... and some ahole in a truck just about hits me - and I'm speeding! ...

Wow, did I ever piss him off - I decided to slow to a dead even pace with the old lady in the lane next to me. (who surprisingly was going exactly the speed limit) He'd swerve behind her, I'd just barely speed up - until my rear bumper was even with her front.. then he'd swerve behind me and I'd just barrreeeely slow down. Then after a mile or so, I figured ok, no big deal, maybe he's got a good reason to be in a hurry, so I'll let him go around.. the ahole decides to swerve in front of me and slam on his brakes, slows down to about 5 mph on a 45 mph road - the old lady almost turned me into a nissan sandwich. Then he gets up to me at a light and starts yelling obscenities... I don't know wtf I was thinking... I rolled my window down and looked at him and said "oh.. sorry... I thought those big POS trucks were fast enough to pass?" ... that REALLY pissed him off, light turned green and I booked - now I'm probably doing 80 and this guy is piiiiissed. He and his 2 redneck buddies in the cab decide to to try to chase me down and kill me ... (well, I presume - I ditched them about 5 miles later in a McDonalds parking lot)

Lesson learned, big rednecks in big pos trucks do not have a sense of humor, and just because you're 17 with a car that doesn't mean you're indestructable.

But don't worry, I've mellowed out a lot in the last 10 years. The irony is, most of the time I'm doing at least 15 over the limit, sometimes more like 30, so I see no reason why anybody should be passing me. But now it's the rice boys (I was stuck at a light the other night behind some moron kids who jumped out of the car (the light was green) and were draping a tee shirt over their license plate?!) and the generally clueless that have me frustrated... but I think I've found a better solution to road rage. Apparently $300 will get you a real train air horn. I bet I could have made the kids with the tee shirt wet themselves. ;-)

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Ultima

bad drivers is a misnomer, I would say that they like to take unnecessary risks. One of my friends is not a very good driver, but he usually signals when changing lanes, doesn't weave in and out of traffic, but he has a tendency to speed on suburban boulevards and highways, often going 20mph over the limit when traffic is light. Now, another friend of mine is a much better driver but also takes a lot more risks, like weaving in and out of traffic on a semi-busy highway changing lanes without signalling, not leaving much space when passing, splashing pedestrians by flooring the car and edging up to the curb, etc.... Because he's a lot more skilled behind the wheel it hasn't caught up to him yet, but he'll get a scare one day and maybe cool off a bit.

So yeah, the problem isn't the skill, you're either good at driving or you're not, it's the risks that you take that determine your danger to yourself and others.

A bad driver is someone who often does not follow the rules, and is unable to make educated judgments about traffic situations. Most 16-23 year-olds (heck most drivers) fall into this catergory.

I think the drivers license tests should be an order of magnitude harder, in conjuction with more mass transit. You can't make the test harder with out the mass transit in place though, or everyone will have to walk

You read my post, but you didn't get my point. I'll say it another way: The friend of mine that is not a very good driver failed his test three times. This is the same guy that also doesn't take that many risks. The other friend passed his test the first time with flying colours. He is also the one that takes a lot of risks. Stronger licensing will help keep the bad drivers off the road, but it won't necessarily make the roads more safe.

Yep. Friend of mine is a scary driver. He often goes 90 and such and in his TL, he has the power to do so. He'll weave in traffic, and take risks. Of course, he is a good driver so nothign has happened yet. Of course, some of my other friends aren't that good, and usually have to back out a few times to fit a tight parking spot but they drive safely because they know their margin for error is very slim.

I would like to think I drive safely. Most people have said I drive just a bit faster then the average person. Of course, I drive differently when I'm the only one in the car and my music is blasting. Mood makes all the difference.

 

[TuffGuy]

Originally posted by: flot
Are people missing the fact that this guy was intentionally screwing with you?

It seems pretty clear that he didn't like the way you were driving, and decided to "teach you a lesson."

Now, without commenting on whether the lesson was deserved, or on how it was delivered, the simple fact is - he wanted to piss you off, and obviously he did.

I did about the same thing once, to some complete jackass who was tailgating me so close that I couldn't see his windshield in my rear view- only the grill of his truck. I'm going like 60 in a 45, and he flys up behind me like he's going to run me off the road. This was not cool behavior - I'm just chilling on the way home, got my shades on, listening to some music... and some ahole in a truck just about hits me - and I'm speeding! ...

Wow, did I ever piss him off - I decided to slow to a dead even pace with the old lady in the lane next to me. (who surprisingly was going exactly the speed limit) He'd swerve behind her, I'd just barely speed up - until my rear bumper was even with her front.. then he'd swerve behind me and I'd just barrreeeely slow down. Then after a mile or so, I figured ok, no big deal, maybe he's got a good reason to be in a hurry, so I'll let him go around.. the ahole decides to swerve in front of me and slam on his brakes, slows down to about 5 mph on a 45 mph road - the old lady almost turned me into a nissan sandwich. Then he gets up to me at a light and starts yelling obscenities... I don't know wtf I was thinking... I rolled my window down and looked at him and said "oh.. sorry... I thought those big POS trucks were fast enough to pass?" ... that REALLY pissed him off, light turned green and I booked - now I'm probably doing 80 and this guy is piiiiissed. He and his 2 redneck buddies in the cab decide to to try to chase me down and kill me ... (well, I presume - I ditched them about 5 miles later in a McDonalds parking lot)

Lesson learned, big rednecks in big pos trucks do not have a sense of humor, and just because you're 17 with a car that doesn't mean you're indestructable.

But don't worry, I've mellowed out a lot in the last 10 years. The irony is, most of the time I'm doing at least 15 over the limit, sometimes more like 30, so I see no reason why anybody should be passing me. But now it's the rice boys (I was stuck at a light the other night behind some moron kids who jumped out of the car (the light was green) and were draping a tee shirt over their license plate?!) and the generally clueless that have me frustrated... but I think I've found a better solution to road rage. Apparently $300 will get you a real train air horn. I bet I could have made the kids with the tee shirt wet themselves. ;-)

The guy was drifting left and right when I caught up to him, and when he'd speed up to 80mph I'd stay at 72mph. Then he'd drop to 60mph, speed up again, etc. And when I switched lanes to pass him, he cut in front of me and slammed his brakes.

Explain to me why he wouldn't like how I was driving? I wasn't going very fast, I wasn't changing lanes, and I wasn't cutting people off. I was just cruising.

 

[flot]

Dunno man, I didn't say you did anything - but it sure sounds to me like you pissed him off...